Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone bears down on Bangladesh coast
With a strong cyclone approaching Bangladesh on Saturday, authorities used more than 50,000 volunteers and officials to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people to shelters across the low-lying delta nation's vast coastal region. More than 300,000 people had already moved to safer places and up ...
At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said Sunday. The fire broke out at in Dhaka's Mirpur neighborhood late on Friday and razed around 2,000 mostly tin ...
Conjoined Bangladeshi twins in stable condition after 30-hour-long operation
Conjoined Bangladeshi twins who were separated last week are in a stable condition, the team of Hungarian and Bangladeshi doctors who carried out the marathon operation said Saturday. Three-year-old Rabeya and Rukaya who were joined at the head suffered from a rare embryological disorder affecting ...
Bangladesh's 200-year-old colonial-era prison breakfast menu is given a makeover
As part of a reform of the country's penal system, Bangladesh authorities have upgraded a 200-year-old colonial-era breakfast menu in all its prisons, an official said Sunday. Bazlur Rashid, deputy head of the Prison Directorate, said the nation's more than 81,000 convicts from Sunday will ...
Islamic State takes credit for blast as Bangladesh commandos kill suspected extremists
Bangladeshi security forces raided a suspected Islamist extremist hideout in Dhaka on Monday killing at least two militants, police said, as the Islamic State group claimed to have wounded three police in a bombing. Police commandos were met with gunfire on arriving at a house ...
Trading house Sumitomo to manage Japan-financed special economic zone near Dhaka
Major trading house Sumitomo Corp. will manage a special economic zone financed by Tokyo and expected to open near the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, in early 2022, according to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the government's development aid arm. Land reclamation for the economic zone ...
A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least 70 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The fire in Dhaka's Chawkbazar area was mostly under control after more than 10 hours of frantic efforts. Some ...
Bangladesh to sue Philippine bank over $81 million cyber heist
Bangladesh was to file a lawsuit Wednesday in New York against a Philippine bank over its involvement in one of the biggest-ever cyber heists, the country's central bank governor said. Unidentified hackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account with the U.S. Federal ...
Pilot's 'emotional breakdown' blamed for deadly Nepal plane crash last March
An "emotional breakdown" by the pilot caused a deadly plane crash in Nepal last March, a government investigation concluded, in the worst aviation accident in the Himalayan nation for decades. The March 12 flight from Dhaka crashed at Kathmandu airport and skidded into a football ...
Bangladesh bans film about 2016 Islamist cafe siege fatal to 22, cites damage to reputation
Bangladesh has banned a film based on a 2016 cafe attack claimed by the Islamic State group that left 22 people dead, saying it would damage the country's reputation. The Film Censor Board denied the theatrical release of "Shonibar Bikele," a decision the movie's director ...
Osaka is the third most liveable city in the world after Vienna and Melbourne, according to a recent global survey by the research unit of British magazine The Economist. The Kansai metropolis boosted its ranking from last year, when it didn't make the top 10. ...
Bangladesh court accepts murder charges for 2016 terrorist attack on Dhaka eatery
A special tribunal Wednesday accepted murder and other charges against eight suspected Islamic militants in a grisly attack on a restaurant two years ago in Bangladesh's capital. Twenty hostages, including 17 people from Japan, Italy and India, were killed when five militants attacked the Holey ...
